UK’s ICO Says Mobile Tracking is Legal During COVID-19 Crisis

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UK's ICO Says Mobile Tracking is Legal During COVID-19 Crisis

UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has announced over the weekend that the government can use anonymized mobile phone tracking data to help fight the current coronavirus pandemic.

ICO’s Deputy Commissioner Steve Wood said in a statement that as long as the government anonymizes the mobile phone tracking data, it has the green light to do so as no individuals can be identified and privacy laws aren’t breached.

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